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Johann Sebastian Bach, Jordi Savall, Hesperion XX
Bach: Die Kunst der Fuge [Hybrid SACD]
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (11) - Disc #1
1. Die Kunst der Fuge (The Art of the Fugue), for keyboard (or other instruments), BWV 1080: Contrapunctus 1
2. Die Kunst der Fuge (The Art of the Fugue), for keyboard (or other instruments), BWV 1080: Contrapunctus 2
3. Die Kunst der Fuge (The Art of the Fugue), for keyboard (or other instruments), BWV 1080: Contrapunctus 3
4. Die Kunst der Fuge (The Art of the Fugue), for keyboard (or other instruments), BWV 1080: Contrapunctus 12a
5. Die Kunst der Fuge (The Art of the Fugue), for keyboard (or other instruments), BWV 1080: Contrapunctus 12b
6. Die Kunst der Fuge (The Art of the Fugue), for keyboard (or other instruments), BWV 1080: Contrapunctus 4
7. Die Kunst der Fuge (The Art of the Fugue), for keyboard (or other instruments), BWV 1080: Canon 17 alla Duodecima in Contrapunto alla
8. Die Kunst der Fuge (The Art of the Fugue), for keyboard (or other instruments), BWV 1080: Canon 16 alla Decima, Contrapunto alla Terz
9. Die Kunst der Fuge (The Art of the Fugue), for keyboard (or other instruments), BWV 1080: Contrapunctus 5
10. Die Kunst der Fuge (The Art of the Fugue), for keyboard (or other instruments), BWV 1080: Contrapunctus 6 in Stylo Francese
11. Die Kunst der Fuge (The Art of the Fugue), for keyboard (or other instruments), BWV 1080: Contrapunctus 7 per Augment, et Diminut
Track Listings (9) - Disc #2
1. Die Kunst der Fuge (The Art of the Fugue), for keyboard (or other instruments), BWV 1080: Contrapunctus 8 a 3 (Tripelfuge)
2. Die Kunst der Fuge (The Art of the Fugue), for keyboard (or other instruments), BWV 1080: Contrapunctus 9 alla Duodecima
3. Die Kunst der Fuge (The Art of the Fugue), for keyboard (or other instruments), BWV 1080: Contrapunctus 10 alla Decima
4. Die Kunst der Fuge (The Art of the Fugue), for keyboard (or other instruments), BWV 1080: Contrapunctus inversus 13b
5. Die Kunst der Fuge (The Art of the Fugue), for keyboard (or other instruments), BWV 1080: Contrapunctus 13a
6. Die Kunst der Fuge (The Art of the Fugue), for keyboard (or other instruments), BWV 1080: Contrapunctus 11 a 4 (Tripelfuge)
7. Die Kunst der Fuge (The Art of the Fugue), for keyboard (or other instruments), BWV 1080: Canon 14 per Augmentationem in Contrario Mo
8. Die Kunst der Fuge (The Art of the Fugue), for keyboard (or other instruments), BWV 1080: Canon 15 alla Ottava
9. Die Kunst der Fuge (The Art of the Fugue), for keyboard (or other instruments), BWV 1080: Contrapunctus 18 Fuga a 3 Soggetti

CD Details

All Artists: Johann Sebastian Bach, Jordi Savall, Hesperion XX, Bruce Dickey, Paolo Grazzi, Charles Toet
Title: Bach: Die Kunst der Fuge [Hybrid SACD]
Members Wishing: 2
Total Copies: 0
Label: Alia Vox Spain
Release Date: 1/11/2005
Album Type: Hybrid SACD - DSD, Import
Genre: Classical
Styles: Chamber Music, Forms & Genres, Improvisation, Historical Periods, Baroque (c.1600-1750), Classical (c.1770-1830)
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPC: 7619986398181

CD Reviews

Audiophile recommended

Classics Man | New York, NY | 03/04/2009

(4 out of 5 stars)

"This performance of Bach's Art of Fugue is an analog recording originally released in 1986. Savall's vision seems even more curiously focused. For instance, not only is the use of keyboard continuo eschewed, but Savall also structures the ensemble groupings more rigidly, distinctly separating the winds and strings in non-tutti movements. This, combined with Savall's inordinately slow tempos heightens the work's sense of grandeur, making Bach's architectural elements seem more powerfully deliberate. Alessandrini takes an almost exactly opposite, though no less distinguished and worthy approach. Listening this recording in SACD format broadens the sound stage and marginally heightens the instrumental clarity. Recommended."